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Following the MV for "Ashita Chikyu ga Konagona ni Nattemo", Dempagumi. inc revealed the new MV for "Akihabalife♪"(release date:September 16th). Contributor Wanted! ! The story of the MV is that Dempagumi.

Osaka is known throughout Japan for being a foodie's paradise. The area has such a focus on food and dining and has given birth to so many well-known dishes that there's even a famous saying: Kyo no kidaore, Osaka no kuidaore, meaning "Dress up ti...

You just have to love the creativity that can be found on Etsy. For example, EternalRivalDesigns has created some awesome looking Starbucks inspired coffee mugs. There are various anime, video game, and comic book characters that will protect your...

Episode will ship with manga volume 20 Kadokawa began streaming a 15-second preview of the upcoming original anime DVD (OAD) that will ship with the limited edition 20th compiled book volume of Shungiku Nakamura's Junjō Romantica boys-love manga.

Anime Limited is bringing out the Full Metal Panic franchise to the UK on December 7th, 2015 and they're doing it in style with an ultimate edition release. With it being a bit awkward in how the property has been fractured in releases in the past...

Japan spent most of this last week getting pounded by torrential rainstorms. This wasn't just a case of people getting their socks wet, either, as flooding caused damage to houses, disruption of train lines and highways left some people stranded a...

TOKYO: Popular Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's new book has gone on sale, with a major domestic bookstore chain buying 90 percent of the initial print run in a direct challenge to online rivals. Murakami's autobiographical essay, which transla...

Pokémon Z may have taken one step closer to reality, with Japan's CoroCoro magazine having not only revealed new Zygarde forms but that a new Pokémon XY & Z animated series will start later this year. Scheduled to air in Japan from Thursday 29th O...

Well, I confess I didn't see that coming. Working! ! ! may be the anime that breaks (or at least bends) all the rules when it comes to relationships, but it's still an anime - so you didn't expect things to fall into place all that easily, did you?

There seem to be two types of people when it comes to the J-Pop girl band Perfume: those who have never heard of them, and those that have already fainted from excitement upon reading the headline for this story.

"Aside from the one run by the Einzberns. . . another Holy Grail War exists. " Impression Now Illya can't be a bride any more! . . . I was hoping she'd say something like that, but alas, I think her innocence has already been tainted by the ever-s...

The second cour of Fafner: Dead Aggressor - Exodus continues to feel very under the radar in general, much as the first cour was, but now a little bit more has arrived for it. The show, which had its first cour simulcast on Crunchyroll, will now d...

After last week's announcement of the leads in the fall adaptation of Sky Crawler novelist Hiroshi Mori's Subete ga F ni Naru (All is F, also known as the Perfect Insider), the Mephisto Award-winning debut of his S&M science mystery series, this w...

With its next episode due out on September 15th, 2015 in Japan and being simulcast by FUNimation, Media Factory has revealed two teasers for the next episode of the Overlord series. They've put out two teasers for it, mostly with the same animatio...

The peaceful carefree antics of Gakkou Gurashi have come to an end as the show has been hit with the inevitable onslaught of tragedy, naturally garnering depressed reactions from viewers and causing them to wonder how the last couple episodes will...

Fanart Friday returns, and I don't really hate you, that's just the curmudgeon in me talking. Last week, we snuck out with a trip through the Metal Gear franchise, but this week we're celebrating characters with HEARTS OF GOLD--they may act mean, ...

As of Sept. 12, the "Studio Ghibli Grand Exhibition" has begun in Moricoro Park in Nagakute 1, Aichi Prefecture. It will be open until Nov. 8. The exhibit is a special part of the "32nd National Urban Greenery Fair Aichi," which celebrates the 10t...

Hello everyone, Kahotan here! (@gsc_kahotan) I've recently been wearing glasses almost every day. I just don't have the time to bother putting my contacts in during the morning! Anyway, today I'm going to be taking a look at the 1/7th scale.

Charapedia recently asked anime fans the question: Which anime series is the most promising from the fall 2015 anime lineup? You can view the full results here. Here are the top 10 according to the female fans: 10.

Koei Tecmo revealed the latest for their upcoming PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 title Arslan: The Warriors of Legend with some new playable characters that will be joining the mix. [Thanks, Game Jouhou.

Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, or Geni Ibun Roku #FE, in Japan on the latest blog post on the game's official website. In addition to the Japanese release date, Nintendo shared that first-print copies of the game will include DLC for costumes f...

From Software announced that Dark Souls III will release in Japan on March 24, 2016 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. There will also be a network test on PS4 next month. [Thanks, Game Jouhou. ] Physical copies will go for 7,430 yen and digital for ...

Crunchyroll's latest anime addition is Komori-san Can't Decline! , which is coming at a to-be-determined time to the streaming site's audience worldwide except for Asia. The anime adapts the four-panel seinen manga by Cool-kyō Shinja, who is also ...

Love Live! Sunshine! ! is coming our way with the main school idol group, Aqours, releasing their first songs on October 7th. A small video and audio preview of their album has been teased online. Aqours' first single under Love Live!

Sanrio's salmon-headed mascot "Kirimi-chan" has undergone a transformation of the most magical sort as the fishy manifestation takes on the likeness of a magical girl, bound to have people more bewildered than ever before - and likely serving as a...

QURULI releases a new single "ふたつの世界 / Futatsu no Sekai" on September 16th. They wrote a song for a tie-up with an anime for the first time in their career. Its cover photo has recently been unveiled. "ふたつの世界 / Futatsu no Sekai" has been used as a...

We got out first promotional video for Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid~ just over a month ago and now the second one has arrived after getting some of the details of the series premiere earlier this week. The promo is a solid one in general and also gives...

The official website of the live action film adaptations of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Death Note manga has been updated to reveal a brand new countdown. The new countdown is currently ticking down till 10:30pm JST on September 13th, which t...

The Japan Animator Expo's latest animated short "Girl" has been garnering much attention online, partly for its plethora of sensuous visuals but also for the wealth of intrigue and hidden meanings present - an unsurprising combination due to being...

GundamInfo and DAISUKI have posted an English subtitled trailer for "Artesia's Sorrow. " The second part of the four-episode adaptation of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's manga prequel Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin will screen for two weeks in Japan, startin...